AdMonsters November 29, 2018 What Is Cryptojacking? The spread of bad ads is pretty bad in general, but since 2017— throughout the security software industry — cryptojacking has been known as the Evil Overlord (most menacing and most prevalent) of all cyber threats. Hackers looking to get rich quick…
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There are plenty problems to be solved in the ad operations world, including issues like IVT, bad ads, malware, and much, much more. So at every Publisher Forum, we bring together all of the noobs (yes, I meant first-time attendees), put them into small workgroups, and open the gates for…
Read MoreAdMonsters November 15, 2018 The Unsung Heroes of the Advertising and Media World Professor Bob Pearson, former Chief Innovation Officer at W2O Group and current Senior Advisor, kicked off the Publisher Forum in Austin last week with a comprehensive keynote detailing the concepts of Storytizing—moving beyond campaigns to true…
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We're not going to call it a Duopoly for much longer. Amazon is further asserting its place among the rulers of ad tech by offering advertisers search-based retargeting on third-party sites, which is both a boon to advertisers and publishers. We probably should brand the three-headed beast ruling digital advertising…
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If the fourth quarter is a revenue party that's completely off the chain, the first quarter tends to be hangover that purges the depths of your soul. But what if we were to tell you that the bangin' party doesn't have to end? Check out our webinar with Roxot in…
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Were you worried that blockchain was all hat and no cattle? Look again—the decentralized ledger is disrupting the payments landscape while also overhauling reconciliation. At the same time, Senior Editor Lynne d Johnson points out a huge (but surmountable) challenge: speed.
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Our new Senior Editor Lynne d Johnson dives into the "Principles for a Better Programmatic Marketplace," an open letter to the industry from six exchanges that seems to grant programmatic buyers all their transparency wishes—fee transparency, no hidden auction machinations, traffic filtered for IVT... We're surprised they didn't throw a…
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Has Rob Beeler only been at AdMonsters for 10 years? It seems like he has always been the caretaker... As he scratches notch no. 10 on his AdMonsters belt, he takes a moment to contemplate how the industry has developed over the last decade. Spoiler alert: today's digital media landscape…
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You know what unfortunately is already too easy? Delivering malware to publishers via the open programmatic marketplace. The latest high-profile case involves a fake company called "Amobi" (not to be confused with the legit Amobee) dropping malicious code through a wonky Claritin ad. As tempting as it is to roll…
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In its eye-opening new report on ad quality , Confiant finds that 1 out of every 200 ad impressions from the open exchanges is malvertising. If 1 trillion ads are being served through the open marketplace monthly, Confiant estimates that 5 billion are malicious. Make sure you have smelling salts…
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